On Wednesday 31 May crowds gathered on King’s Parade to welcome Jeremy Corbyn to the Senate house for the BBC live debate to take place at 7:30 this evening.
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When asked whether he would contemplate a scenario where Britain failed to strike an arrangement with the rest of the bloc, Jeremy Corbyn said: “There’s going to be a deal”.
“Support for Labour among younger voters has gone up and gone up dramatically but then the crucial question is whether these young people will come out to vote”, said John Curtice, a leading psephologist who is president of the British Polling Council.
At a campaign rally in southwest England, May denied she was running scared.
Refusing to take part in the televised showdown would be “another sign of Theresa May’s weakness, not strength”, he added.
Back in the 2015 general election, Owen Jones became the subject of much mockery thanks to a column he wrote suggesting that Tories had reason to worry after Russell Brand endorsed Labour in the election.
He said: “I invite her to go to Cambridge and debate her policies, debate their record, debate their plans, debate their proposals and let the public make up their mind”.
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In a bid to keep the issue at the heart of the campaign amid criticism for ducking a TV debate with other leaders, Mrs May will use a speech to set out her vision of leaving the European Union as part of a “great national mission” to build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous Britain.
Leaders or deputy leaders from the Lib Dems, UKIP, SNP, Green Party and Plaid Cymru will all join the debate. “It’s hard but I think the most sensible thing is for May to stick by her guns – as a PM you lose the gravitas when you’re brought to the level of all these other potentials most of whom don’t have a chance of winning”.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is far less popular than Prime Minister Theresa May, according to polls, and some Labour Party candidates openly admit that they try to avoid talking about him when electioneering.
The Tories have made the prospect of a “coalition of chaos” a key part of their electoral attack on Mr Corbyn and again seized on the suggestion that Labour could engage in talks with other parties.
She repeatedly accused Mr Corbyn of believing in a “magic money tree” but the Labour leader won applause when he suggested she was unfamiliar with the reality of poverty.
But a Tory party spokesman confirmed there will be “no changes to the Prime Minister’s plans” regarding tonight’s debate.
A Conservative source said: “The public want to see a leader who can stare down the EU-27 at the negotiation table, not someone who will need their iPad to remember their dodgy facts in a debate”.
The Telegraph recently reported that the Labor Party has gradually been gaining ground against the Conservatives, based on the results of a new poll that brought May’s lead down to six points.
The Press Association’s poll of polls, a seven-day rolling average of all published polls, puts the Conservatives on 44% and Labour on 35%.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, left is interviewed by broadcaster Jeremy Paxman, during a general election broadcast, in London, Monday May 29, 2017.
